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A visit to the Nielsen Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Nielsen Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Nielsen Cemetery (FG ID #97304)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.

Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.

The Location of the Nielsen Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Nielsen Cemetery

Lat:   44.4347°   (44° 26' 4")

Lon:   -97.1894°   (-97° 11' 21")

The cemetery is located in Kingsbury County<3>.

As an estimate, the Nielsen Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the southeast of Arlington.

The county seat for Kingsbury County is located in De Smet. De Smet lies 18 miles [29 km] to the west of the Nielsen Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Nielsen Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Nielsen Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Badger Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Hetland Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Lake Thisted Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lake Thisted Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lake Thisted Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Lake Thisted Cemetery is located in Kingsbury County
  • Nordland Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Hinderlie Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • United Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the United Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the United Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The United Cemetery is located in Kingsbury County
  • Danish Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • St. Peters Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peters Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Peters Cemetery is located in Kingsbury County
  • Arlington Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arlington Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Arlington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Arlington Cemetery is located in Kingsbury County
  • Trasta Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trasta Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trasta Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Trasta Cemetery is located in Brookings County
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Bethel Cemetery is located in Brookings County
  • Odden Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Oakwood Zion Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakwood Zion Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakwood Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Oakwood Zion Cemetery is located in Brookings County
    • Poinsett Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Poinsett Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Poinsett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Poinsett Cemetery is located in Kingsbury County
    • Olivet Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Olivet Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Olivet Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Olivet Cemetery is located in Hamlin County
    • Apostolic Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Apostolic Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Apostolic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Apostolic Cemetery is located in Hamlin County
    • Bethania Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bangor Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bangor Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bangor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Bangor Cemetery is located in Brookings County
    • Garfield Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garfield Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Garfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Garfield Cemetery is located in Hamlin County
    • Lake Preston Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lake Preston Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lake Preston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lake Preston Cemetery is located in Kingsbury County
    • Pleasant View Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant View Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Pleasant View Cemetery is located in Kingsbury County

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 19 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> of the Nielsen Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Nielsen Cemetery, with the nearest first.

For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.

Nearby communities with newspapers ...

The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Nielsen Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Kingsbury County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Nielsen Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Nielsen Cemetery:

Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...

Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Nielsen Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1256701  (Nielsen Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1256701 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Badger
    • County: Kingsbury         Elev: 525
    • Location given for GNIS #1256701 (Nielsen Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #97304

The official website for State of South Dakota: https://www.sd.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Nielsen Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4347, Longitude: -97.1894    
<3>If you're interested in how the shape of South Dakota's counties, including Kingsbury, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Lake Norden and Badger. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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